There have been a few developments in stories I mentioned before Christmas, so here’s a quick update for those who don’t subscribe to Travel Weekly’s news feed (hint…).
The Travelscope administrators told us that they had spoken to ‘interested parties’, but that the Christmas break is likely to scupper any rescue deal.
On the operator front, Shearings has been able to offer some Travelscope customers places on similar trips, and “gave very good rates to customers who were due to depart on Friday and booked with us to go away the next day.”
On the agent front, our news desk spoke to representatives of Advantage and Co-operative Travel, who said that agents who had made a Travelscope booking were working hard to salvage their clients’ holiday plans (which, of course, is one of the benefits of using an agent).
Expect more disruption in the new year as BAA staff go ahead with strikes. Talks failed to avert a series of walkouts, which will affect all seven BAA airports on January 7, 14 and 17-18.
Another company has also given up the ghost: all-business class airline MAXjet filed for bankruptcy on Christmas Eve. Rival carrier Silverjet is offering seats to customers who were due to fly between London and New York.
Nathan Midgley, web producer
Source: Travelscope and BAA strike updates
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